Welcome to NEXT-ANL
My name is Devon and I write for next-gen academic nursing leaders (ANLs) interested in creating next-era academic nursing.
Let’s Dream a Little Dream About the Future of Clinical Nursing Education
In the spring of 2020, nurses, nursing faculty and staff, and nursing students stood witness to the unraveling of the entire process of clinically educating the next generation of nurses… The current crisis opens a window for a paradigmatic change in the clinical education of nurses. In order to envision a change that radically reshapes and improves the future, we have to dream. Can we imagine together an approach to clinical education shaped by full-environment simulation, highly engineered learning, and robust replacement?
Improving Operations - The Prep
Once a nursing education organization sees the connection between operations and delivery on mission, it will naturally develop an appetite for improving operations. When that appetite is established, the difference between those who get nourished and those who go hungry will come down to careful planning and preparation. Read on for three fundamentals steps you should take before embarking on a journey to leverage operations for the excellence, effectiveness, and efficiency of your academic organization.